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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

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Noun1.Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome - syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse
syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
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Previous reports from University of Chicago have described a cluster of 4 cases in which USA400 isolates caused empyema and sepsis syndrome with some features of toxic-shock syndrome (4); 3 children died with necrotizing pneumonia and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome due to a PVL-positive, MLST-identified type 1 strain (15).
Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus infections, Chicago ... by Tan, Tina Q. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
5) The onset of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is usually abrupt, and patients present with lever, chills, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, and a generalized rash.
Infectious causes of adrenal insufficiency by Peiris, Alan N. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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